Paul Grayson
Adrian Paul Grayson
Born: 31 March 1971, Ripon, Yorkshire
Major Teams: Yorkshire, Essex, England.
Known As: Paul Grayson
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
ODI Debut: England v South Africa at Nairobi (Gymk), ICC KnockOut, 2000/01
Latest ODI: England v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, 4th ODI, 2001/02
First Class Debut: 1990
Career Statistics:
TESTS
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting 0 - - - - - - - - -
Balls M R W Ave Best 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 0 - - - - - - - - -
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(including 10/10/2001)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 2 2 0 6 6 3.00 46.15 0 0 1 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 15 0 60 3 20.00 3-40 0 0 30.0 4.00
FIRST-CLASS
(1990 - 2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 165 270 23 7902 189 31.99 15 38 116 0
O R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 1937.3 5418 127 42.66 5-20 1 0 91.5 2.79
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(1991 - 2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 222 181 30 3000 82* 19.86 0 9 62 0
O R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 1313.5 6342 199 31.86 4-25 4 0 39.6 4.82
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Paul Grayson was as surprised as anybody when he was called up to the
England squad for the ICC KnockOut tournament in Kenya in October 2000. He
had been on the verge of quitting cricket and starting work at a brewery in
Romford when the call came. He played just one game in that competition,
England's quarter-final defeat against South Africa in Nairobi. It was an
ignominious international debut for the Essex all-rounder; he made a golden
duck and although his five overs were tidy enough, he failed to take a
wicket.
Despite his Nairobi disappointments, Grayson enjoyed an excellent 2001
season. He averaged over 50 with six first-class centuries in a struggling
Essex side, including 186 against Lancashire and a career-best 189 against
Glamorgan at Chelmsford - though Essex still lost. Though his bowling in
first-class cricket has decreased in potency, his wickets and economy rate
in the domestic one-day game improved steadily.
Although his one-day batting failed to reach the heights of his
first-class efforts, Grayson was recalled for the England one-day squad to
tour Zimbabwe in autumn 2001. He had limited opportunity there, appearing in
just the fourth one-day international where he bowled well enough to take 3
for 40. However his batting is more suited to the longer version of the
game, and he missed the opportunity to establish himself in the team, losing
out to the off-spinner and specialist one-day lower order batsman, Jeremy
Snape.
A Yorkshireman, Grayson made his debut for his native county in 1990,
having already played for England Young Cricketers in 1989 and toured with
them in Australia in 1989-90. He also represented the Young Cricketers
against Pakistan in 1990. The slow left-arm bowler and right-hand bat had
plumped for cricket despite boasting considerable football skills. At 16 he
had been offered apprentice terms by Middlesbrough but turned them down. His
elder brother Simon played regularly for Blackburn Rovers.
Unoriginally nicknamed Larry, Grayson scored 1,000 runs for the first
time in 1994 and was named the club's player of the year, but Yorkshire
released him at the end of the following season. He moved south to Essex for
the 1996 season, and was awarded his county cap that same year. His
all-round abilities have proved useful for in first-class cricket, but his
skills have mainly come to the fore in the limited-overs version, where he
is renowned for tying up opposing batsmen at the end of the innings.
After an extensive change of personnel during the winter of 2001/02,
Grayson was appointed vice-captain of Essex and, while his season was
disrupted to an extent by injury, he was at the helm at a crucial time. With
Ronnie Irani away on international duty, Grayson was in charge when his
county won the Division Two title in the Frizzell County Championship and
gained promotion in the Norwich Union League as well. (Copyright CricInfo
October 2002)
Last Updated: Saturday, 09-Nov-2002 12:38:46 GMT
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